Preparing to Test the Booster for NASA’s New Rocket

Engineers at Orbital ATK prepare to test the largest, most powerful booster ever built for NASA's…

Taking a Closer Look at Orion After Successful Flight Test

Engineers across the country have been busy taking a closer look at NASA'S Orion spacecraft and…

Ceres Seen From NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft

This image of Ceres was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1; on March 6,…

Astronaut Scott Kelly Preparing for Launch on One-Year Mission

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center…

Island of Hawaii From the International Space Station

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph of the island of Hawaii and posted…

The NACA Spirit Captured, 1945

In this 1945 photo, test pilots (from left) Mel Gough, Herb Hoover, Jack Reeder, Steve Cavallo…

Astronauts Complete Series of Three Spacewalks

On Sunday, March 1, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore ventured…

Astronaut Salutes Nimoy From Orbit

International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts (@AstroTerry) tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from…

The Shuttle Enterprise

In 1976, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted…

Hubble Images a Dusty Galaxy, Home to an Exploding Star

The galaxy pictured here is NGC 4424, located in the constellation of Virgo.